On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 11:31 -0400, Brandon Lozza wrote:
A mass rebuild would be recommended as the new compiler will produce
faster code. I believe everything will benefit and it's worth looking
into. For example I noticed a significant difference on the OpenSUSE
distro when GCC was upgraded and they repackaged their software with
it in their development version 11.3. Anecdotal for sure but
everything seemed faster than the build before that change. Phoronix
Adam's Law Of Software Advances:
People On The Internet always believe that any particular incremental
change produces something faster than before ('Firefox 3.5.6 feels much
snappier than Firefox 3.5.5!'), but that everything is always slower
than it was in previous major versions / years ('Man, Firefox 3 is so
much slower than Firefox 1!')
(Appendix 1: the word 'snappier' is always used in this context.)
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